To Tchaikovsky, Ukraine (or 'Little Russia' as ... the only thing that stirred him was the idea of an opera about Ivan Mazeppa, the Cossack hero who tried in vain to release Ukraine from the ...

Tchaikovsky's other 'repertoire' operas - Mazeppa and The Queen of Spades - are also based on Pushkin. His influence continues: Peter Shaffer's play and film, Amadeus, was based on Pushkin's ...

This works with any area of science, or indeed human life. In a way, the authoritarian excesses of the Earth-based regime known as the Mandate in my novel Alien Clay are as much a thought ...

"I just ran over a mythological creature in Mazeppa!" The Rochester Charter Commission members debated “banning decision-making implants.” “We’re pretty disappointed someone would use our ...

A bit like a Tchaikovsky 'Toy Story', the enchanting narrative is full of wonderful characters and follows a young girl called Clara who is given a wooden nutcracker as a present. When the ...

Lord Byron’s influence on musicians was immense – with Rossini, Verdi, Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Schoenberg among the ...

Saturday saw the Huskies travel to Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School to compete in a quadrangular meet. This was their first time participating in a non-tournament meet since Dec. 14, and it saw Owatonna ...

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Explore our guide to Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ – one of the world’s most popular ballets based on a romantic fairy tale. Right from the beginning, Tchaikovsky worked closely ...

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